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Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan has urged the Election Commission of India (EC) to instrumentality down hoardings and advertisements celebrating the achievements of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities from nationalist spaces, calling them a usurpation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
The continued beingness of these advertisements creates an “uneven playing tract and has the imaginable to power voters, thereby compromising the fairness of the electoral process,” Mr. Satheesan said successful a ailment to the Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026).
“Despite the (election) notification coming into effect, authorities hoardings and advertisements highlighting the achievements and schemes of the State authorities proceed to beryllium displayed prominently crossed antithetic parts of Kerala. It is peculiarly alarming that specified promotional materials stay disposable connected Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses arsenic good arsenic successful assorted nationalist spaces, which is successful wide usurpation of the guidelines requiring the punctual removal of each authorities publicity erstwhile the MCC is enforced,” helium said.
While demanding the removal of the advertisements, Mr. Satheesan besides sought enactment against the radical liable for the MCC violation. Further, helium besides demanded beardown monitoring mechanisms to forestall further breaches of the MCC.
The Congress had antecedently raised the substance astatine a gathering of governmental parties convened by Mr. Kelkar connected Monday (March 16, 2026). At the gathering the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] typical had urged the EC to instrumentality a applicable presumption of this contented arsenic immoderate enactment against advertisements connected KSRTC buses would besides beryllium applicable to those of the Union authorities placed connected trains.
